X Protect Management Server tab

This tab configures server properties.

Figure 219. X Protect Management Server tab

In addition to the standard properties (Status, Enabled, Fault Cause, Health, and Alarm Source Info), these properties support the Milestone X Protect Management Server.

Property	Value	Description
Monitor	additional properties	Refer to Monitor properties.
Fix Video Stream Preferred	drop-down list	Configures the source of the video stream.
Multistream Preferences	additional properties	Refer to Multistream Preferences.
Connection	additional properties	Refer to Connection properties.
Poll Frequency	drop-down list, defaults to `Slow`	Selects polling frequency. The Polling Service defines the value for each rate. `Fast` defines a target polling rate—often one second. `Normal` defines a medium target polling rate—often five seconds. `Slow` defines a moderate target polling rate—often 30 seconds.

Monitor properties

Property Value Description

Ping Enabled

Property	Value	Description
Ping Enabled	`true` (default) or `false`	Turns the monitor ping on and off. `true` each network device receives a ping, as needed. `false` no network device receives a ping. Device status remains as recorded the last time this property was `true`. Recommendation: leave `Ping Enabled` as `true` in almost all cases.
Ping Frequency	hours:minutes:seconds	Specifies the interval between periodic pings of all devices. Typical default value is every 5 minutes (05m 00s), you can adjust differently if needed.
Alarm On Failure	`true` (default) or `false`	Controls the recording of ping failure alarms. If `true`, the system records an alarm in the station’s AlarmHistory upon each ping-detected device event (“down” or subsequent “up”). If `false`, the system ignores and does not record device “down” and “up” events in the station’s AlarmHistory.

true (default) or false

Turns the monitor ping on and off.

true each network device receives a ping, as needed.

false no network device receives a ping. Device status remains as recorded the last time this property was true.

Recommendation: leave Ping Enabled as true in almost all cases.

Ping Frequency hours:minutes:seconds Specifies the interval between periodic pings of all devices. Typical default value is every 5 minutes (05m 00s), you can adjust differently if needed.

Alarm On Failure

true (default) or false

Controls the recording of ping failure alarms.

If true, the system records an alarm in the station’s AlarmHistory upon each ping-detected device event (“down” or subsequent “up”).

If false, the system ignores and does not record device “down” and “up” events in the station’s AlarmHistory.

Multistream Preferences

Property	Value	Description
Preferred Background Color	opens a color chooser (defaults to black)	Opens the color chooser. The color you select affects the border or margin area around the video display.
Preferred Aspect Ratio	drop-down list (defaults to `Standard Definition` (1.33:1))	Defines the ratio of the width to the height of the video frame. Options include Inherit from camera (default), `Standard Definition`, `Inherit from Stream`, `Fit to Screen`, etc. Resolution at the device or network may linked to the video stream options and inherited. In some cases, this may adversely affect the aspect ratio of your streaming video. If video images display distorted, try setting the camera’s `Preferred Aspect Ratio` to the `Standard Definition` option.
Preferred Resolution	drop-down list, defaults to `High`	Specifies the pixel resolution of each transmitted frame. Options are: `High`, `Medium`, or `Low`. The actual pixel values for these three relative settings are defined in the video device.
Preferred Frame Rate	drop-down list, defaults to `Low`	Defines the speed of the video stream. Options are: `Low`, `Medium`, and `High`. You can configure each rate.
Preferred Compression	drop-down list, defaults to `Medium`	Specifies what level of compression is used during live video streaming. The actual compression values for these relative settings are defined in the video device. Higher compression uses less bandwidth but negatively affects image quality. Options are: `None`, `Low`, `Medium`, or `High`
Preferred Video Stream Fox	drop-down list, defaults to `Inherit`	For a network component, selects (`true`) or declines (`false`) the use of Fox streaming. For a child component (DVR, NVR or camera) selects or declines the use of Fox streaming at the child component level. `Inherit` sets this property to the value set for its parent component (the DVR, NVR or network component). `Yes` sends the video stream from the video camera to the station (controller) and then forwards it to the Workbench interface through the standard Fox/Foxs connection. This overcomes fire wall issues in the event that the video surveillance system is not exposed to the outside world on its network. NOTE: This option assumes that the controller is exposed - otherwise you could not even connect to the station. `No` sends the video stream directly from the video camera to the interface. Using this setting allows you to set the `Preferred Resolution` and `Frame Rate` to `High` without impacting CPU usage. In essence, this removes the station from the equation. In all cases, the client-side computer expends some of its CPU utilization to render the video on the screen.
Timestamp Preferred	`true` (default) or `false`	Configures the camera to record and display (`true`) a timestamp on the video.
Interframe Timeout	hours, minutes, seconds	Defines the maximum amount of time permitted to elapse between frames. A video stream that takes longer than this amount of time to retrieve a video frame needs to be re-established.

Connection properties

Figure 220. Connection properties

Property	Value	Description
Host Name	text	Defines the xprotect corporate server’s host name.
Auth, Auth Type	drop-down list (defaults to Basic)	Defines the type of authentication to use to access the Milestone corporate server: Basic or Windows-based user authentication.
Auth, Domain	domain name format	Defines the domain name when the authentication type is Windows.
Auth, Username	text	Defines the user name required by the Milestone corporate server.
Auth, Password	text	Defines the password required by the Milestone corporate server.
Connection State	read-only	Reports the status of the connection.
Auth Attributes, Token	read-only	Indicates the token Enterprise Security receives upon completion of a successful authentication. This token is used later.
Auth Attributes, Token Expiration	read-only	Indicates when the token becomes no longer valid. Until this date, the system uses the token in any number of image-server connect requests. During an open image-server session, the token stands in for the user name and password. The framework sends a request for a new token before the current token expires.
Auth Attributes, Uri	read-only	Reports the URI to which to connect to get an updated token.
Auth, Server Id	read-only	Identifies the Milestone xprotect corporate server.